Just noticed that Punisher, War Journal and War Zone all ended in 1995. What gives? Why cancel them all at once?
I wasn't reading Marvel at the time, what was going on?
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09-28-2020, 09:26 PM #1Mighty Member
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Why did all The Punisher series come to an end in 1995?
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09-29-2020, 02:16 AM #2Uncanny Member
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Looks like Marvel imploded.
111 comics published in January 1995
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Categ...995%2C_January
83 comics published in January 1996
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Categ...996%2C_January
That's 28 fewer, more than a quarter of the line.Appreciation Thread Indexes
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09-29-2020, 05:57 AM #3Spectacular Member
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Comic book industry experienced a speculative bubble at around mid-90s and went into pretty spectacular collapse if I recall correctly. Marvel actually went Chapter 11 in those years, no?
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09-29-2020, 06:34 AM #4Mighty Member
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Here's a 13 part web series documentary on it.
Originally Posted by Ikari
https://sfdebris.com/videos/special/comic.phpContext is king.
X-23's most basic surface level characteristic that any idiot should grasp: Stoicism.
I don't demand that her every minor appearance be a nuance in-depth examination of her character, but is it to much to ask she be written in Archetype?! This is storytelling 101! If you want people to stay invested in a character, you need to, at the bare minimum, write them such a way that they can plausibly be believed to be the same character!
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09-29-2020, 06:39 AM #5Extraordinary Member
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Bankruptcy was looming.
Punisher was among the early ones to go. Others followed."Freedom is the right of all sentient beings" - Optimus Prime
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